Machine for sewing shoes



H. FOLSOM. Machine for Sewing Shoes.

No. 227,160. Patented May 4,1880.-

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NITED STATES HANNIBAL FOLSOM, OF STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR SEWING SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,160, dated May 4:,1880.

I Application filed August 11, 1879.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HANNIBAL FoLsoM, ofStoughton, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Machines for Sewing Shoes, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

This invention relates to sewing-machines especially designed for sewingtogether the welt and outer sole of boots and shoes.

In this my invention the edge of the worksupport is notched, so as toform two projections to extend under and support the edge of theshoesole, to extend across the channel and bear against the lip of thechannel-flap, while above this notched support, which is made adjustablewith relation to the needle and awl, is a laterally-adjustable auxiliarypresser-foot adapted to bear upon the welt in advance of the needle,while at the rear of the needle is the main presser-foot.

By notching the edge of the work-support, as described, to make an openrecess for the passage of the awl and needle, I am enabled to dispensewith the usual so-called channelopener, which, extended upwardly, has torun in the channel in the sole, and which, to guide the work correctlyand accurately, required a deeper channel than should be used forfirstclass welted work.

By making the support adjustable with relation to the awl and needle,and the auxiliary presser adjust-able with relation to the said support,I am enabled to quickly and easily adjust the support an d presser insuitable position with relation to the awl and needle, to throw the lineof stitches at a greater or less distance from the edge of the sole andupper, according to whether a plain or Scotch edge is to be made.

In this my invention I employ two flat-faced horizontal projectionsbelow the sole, and bearin g against the channel-lip, and above the weltand resting on it are two pressers, one in front of and the other behindthe needle and awl so the said sole-edge and welt are always held firmlyabout that part of the sole and welt where the stitch is being set.

This my attachment may readily be applied to any usual waxed-threadsewing-machine for so-called fair-stitch work.

Figure 1 represents, in side elevation, a suf ficient portion of awaxed-thread sewing-ma,

chine to illustrate my invention, and Fig. 2 a

The work-support c', adjustably attached to the frame-work a by thescrews 2 in the slots 3, has its outer edge notched, as at 4, to formlateral projections or lip-gages k l, the notch being partly shown indotted lines, Fig. 2. These lip-gages, besides aiding in supporting thesole-edge, also extend across that portion of the sole lifted ordisplaced to form the socalled channel where they'bear against the lipg, as in Fig. 1, which prevents the said lip from closing, and alsoenables the lip to cooperate with the parts is Z to guide the shoe.

Adjustably attached to the support, at its upper side, by the screw m,and in front of the needle, are the plate a and standard a, upon whichis pivoted, at 6, the auxiliary presser p, the finger-like end 1) ofwhich is extended forward beyond the lip-gage 76 to bear upon the weltquite close to the point where the awl and needle puncture it, theend 1) being held down upon the welt by the spring 0 acting upon theouter end, q, of the auxiliary presserlever 1).

By adjusting the auxiliary presser p on the support 1' the welt may bestitched, as for a Scotch edge, more or less distant from the upper.

The presser-foot which rests upon the welt at the rear of the needle andawl, is located above the rearinost lip-gage, l, as shown in thedrawings, Fig. 2, its outer edge inclining toward the awl b, and shapedas described, and.

turned back from the work, as shown. The front edge of the presser iskept from rubbing against the upper as the presser-foot is raised andlowered in the usual manner while the shoe is being fed for each stitch.

This auxiliary presser, being constant in its action, always bears thesame upon the welt to hold it down smooth in advance of the needle, andupon the sole to which it is being stitched, while in machines where asingle presser is employed the welt is acted upon only at the rear ofthe needle and after the stitch is made through the welt.

My auxiliary presser smooths the welt and lays it close to the solebefore it is stitched.

I claim Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, N. E. WHITNEY.

